Distressed and hungry, they will roam through the land; when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God.
" To be famished, " although it appears to be a related word, usually just means in normal conversation to be extremely hungry, to be very, very, very hungry.
" That remains to be seen" . The Halfmaester stood over him. " Duck, be a fine fowl and boil some broth for our little friend here. He must be famished" .
We are famished, and the smother-fried browned squirrel, the rich gravy made with river water, the bread and camp coffee, are all we want of a feast under the shining hickories.
Martha fixed lunch for Zelma and me that day. We reached her house in the afternoon and were famished. She made us biscuits and fried white bacon, and served her best preserves.
Conscience had pricked him, maybe; he had no longer the heart to see the district where he had been Lensmand famishing on home-made gruel and short of money. Or had he got his quarter of a million?